Yesterday we moved the 10 miles from Shelburne Campground to the Champlain Valley Expo center in Essex Junction, VT for the annual Newmar Kountry Klub International Rally. Our check in time was scheduled for 7 to 9 AM so we got around earlier than usual. After the day of checking out the new Newmar motor homes and various displays the evening wrapped up with the opening flag ceremony fallowed by a 90 minute concert of country western music from the 50's to the present presented by Sherwin and & Pam Linton.
This morning we boarded a bus at 7 AM for a 2 hr ride to Montreal, Canada. After our arrival we had a 2 hr bus tour of Montreal narrated by a native tour guide. We saw many old buildings and heard about the history of Montreal. We also saw a cemetery that has over 1 million buried in it and has room for at least that many more. We had a 25 min. walking tour of the 200 year old Notre Dame Basilica. The main chapel will seat 3200 for mass. We then sampled some of the local quisin at an outdoor resteraunt. We had pouten which is a bowl of greasy french fries covered with melted Cheddar cheese curds, and a spicy thin gravy You could get it with sausage, smoked meat, Italian or Greek. The smoked meat is similar to corned beef and also comes as a sandwich.
It was then back on the bus for the long ride back which was made longer by the 1/2 hr. spent coming through customs. We arrived back in time for the wood smoked chicken meal at 5;30. They say that Newmar rallies are rated either as a 5lb. or 10lb. rally. We then enjoyed a very impressive production of the history of flags of our great country and how our history has always been based on belief & trust in God. It also brought out that since the civil war over 1.2 million men and women have given their lives to protect this flag and it's history steeped in our belief in God for our country.
Yesterday we moved the 10 miles from Shelburne Campground to the Champlain Valley Expo center in Essex Junction, VT for the annual Newmar Kountry Klub International Rally. Our check in time was scheduled for 7 to 9 AM so we got around earlier than usual. After the day of checking out the new Newmar motor homes and various displays the evening wrapped up with the opening flag ceremony fallowed by a 90 minute concert of country western music from the 50's to the present presented by Sherwin and & Pam Linton.
This morning we boarded a bus at 7 AM for a 2 hr ride to Montreal, Canada. After our arrival we had a 2 hr bus tour of Montreal narrated by a native tour guide. We saw many old buildings and heard about the history of Montreal. We also saw a cemetery that has over 1 million buried in it and has room for at least that many more. We had a 25 min. walking tour of the 200 year old Notre Dame Basilica. The main chapel will seat 3200 for mass. We then sampled some of the local quisin at an outdoor resteraunt. We had pouten which is a bowl of greasy french fries covered with melted Cheddar cheese curds, and a spicy thin gravy You could get it with sausage, smoked meat, Italian or Greek. The smoked meat is similar to corned beef and also comes as a sandwich.
It was then back on the bus for the long ride back which was made longer by the 1/2 hr. spent coming through customs. We arrived back in time for the wood smoked chicken meal at 5;30. They say that Newmar rallies are rated either as a 5lb. or 10lb. rally. We then enjoyed a very impressive production of the history of flags of our great country and how our history has always been based on belief & trust in God. It also brought out that since the civil war over 1.2 million men and women have given their lives to protect this flag and it's history steeped in our belief in God for our country.
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